#meth detection

Houses and other buildings that have been previously used to manufacture methamphetamine may have some serious health risks for subsequent occupants.

Meth (methamphetamine) is used and made mainly in small batches for personal use, inside cars, campers, motor homes, apartments, houses, hotels/motels and any other kind of structure. When meth is smoked a very toxic and hard to clean residue is left behind.

A methamphetamine laboratory is an illicit operation that has the apparatus and chemicals needed to produce the powerful stimulant methamphetamine. (See list of products and equipment.) These laboratories vary dramatically in size and output. Large laboratories, known as super labs, produce 10 pounds or more of the drug per production cycle. Much smaller laboratories--sometimes called box labs--produce as little as an ounce or less of the drug and are small enough to fit in a box or backpack.